Average years of schooling of adults
5.1
8.2
DEFINITION:
Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm )
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 65th.
Ranked 28th. 61% more than India
Duration of compulsory education
8 years
7 years
DEFINITION:
Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 116th. 14% more than Philippines
Ranked 128th.
Duration of education > Primary level
6
6
DEFINITION:
Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 96th.
Ranked 64th.
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
4
DEFINITION:
Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 164th. 25% more than Philippines
Ranked 180th.
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
11,295,041
2,427,211
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 2002. 4 times more than Philippines
Ranked 9th in 2002.
Education, primary completion rate
90
97
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 71st in 2005.
Ranked 42nd in 2005. 8% more than India
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.1%
3.1%
DEFINITION:
Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP , 2000-2002)
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 82nd. 32% more than Philippines
Ranked 104th.
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
12.7%
17.8%
DEFINITION:
Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE:
United Nations Human Development Programme
Ranked 68th.
Ranked 33rd. 40% more than India
Female enrolment share > Primary level
43.6%
48.9%
DEFINITION:
Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 161st.
Ranked 31st. 12% more than India
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
39.6%
51.3%
DEFINITION:
Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 152nd.
Ranked 28th. 30% more than India
Geographical aptitude results
77.883
78.427
DEFINITION:
Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE:
The Geography Zone
Ranked 17th.
Ranked 1st. 1% more than India
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13
1,176 hours
1,467 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 1st. 25% more than India
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9
1,051 hours
1,067 hours
DEFINITION:
Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 5th.
Ranked 3rd. 2% more than India
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
40.5%
4.4%
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 26th in 2003. 8 times more than Philippines
Ranked 101st in 2003.
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
10.74 %
17.22 %
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 57th in 2003.
Ranked 19th in 2003. 60% more than India
Public spending per student > Primary level
7.2
14.3
DEFINITION:
Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education , divided by the total number of pupils in primary education , expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP .
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 107th.
Ranked 55th. 99% more than India
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
40.2
34.53
DEFINITION:
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 27th in 2004. 16% more than Philippines
Ranked 38th in 2004.
Teaching weeks per year > Primary
42 weeks per year
40 weeks per year
DEFINITION:
Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Ranked 4th. 5% more than Philippines
Ranked 11th.
Tertiary enrollment
10.5%
31.2%
DEFINITION:
Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
SOURCE:
UNESCO
Ranked 94th.
Ranked 48th. 197% more than India
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
0.68
1
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 109th in 1984.
Ranked 56th in 1984. 47% more than India
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